The Third Stage of Life
Stage one: I survived a violent and difficult childhood yet still grew up to be creative and tenacious in what I wanted from life. I attended 18 schools in 8 years. My family lived in a several states and dozens…
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Yearly Archive: 2009
RBOC: It’s all I can muster
Earlier this week I realized that I’m done. I can’t do any more. I can’t. Finishing (and defending) the dissertation, conducting a national job search, teaching eight classes, handling a recurring medical issue, and dealing with the ordinary occurrences of…
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“Same Old Story” (bits of musical history)
But it’s new to me. Lannie Flowers, someone I knew and cared about long long ago, has finally produced an album of his own music, a CD called “Same Old Story.” It’s about time. I always loved his voice and…
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Good Things to Remember
Knowing there are seven class days left in this semester, and that’s seven too many. I need this semester to be over. But the good thing? There are only seven class days left. Feeling so very ready to move…
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Lessons Learned (from a lifetime of work)
As I ready myself for the next stage of my life and a new career, I reflect on the work I have done in the past. Jobs. I have had a lot of them. Some have been perfectly fine what…
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The Fourth Stage of a Ph.D. (the Job Search)
A few years ago, a grad school professor told me there were three stages one must go through on the road to a Ph.D. He said there was coursework, the exams, and the dissertation. The coursework is the work you…
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